K. R. Elmer

Exploring the impact of read clustering thresholds on RADseq-based systematics: an empirical example from European amphibians.

This study evaluates the impact of clustering thresholds on RADseq assemblies in amphibians, showing that topology is resilient to threshold changes but branch lengths are affected.

Rapid intralacustrine evolution of an invasive pelagic three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) ecotype in Lake Constance.

This study investigates the origin and genomic basis of a rapidly evolving pelagic stickleback ecotype in Lake Constance, finding it arose from the littoral population with genomic and phenotypic differentiation.

Alternative splicing and gene expression play contrasting roles in the parallel phenotypic evolution of a salmonid fish

The paper compares alternative splicing and gene expression in Arctic charr ecotypes to show they contribute to different aspects of phenotypic divergence.

Convergence in form and function overcomes non-parallel evolutionary histories in a Holarctic fish

This study shows that parallel phenotypic evolution can occur through non-parallel genetic pathways in Arctic charr, with gene expression playing a key role in phenotypic similarity.

Common lizards break Dollo’s law of irreversibility: genome-wide phylogenomics support a single origin of viviparity and re-evolution of oviparity

This study uses genomic data to challenge Dollo’s law by showing oviparity may re-evolve from viviparity in common lizards.

Genetic fingerprinting of salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) populations in the North-East Atlantic using a random forest classification approach

This study uses IIb-RAD sequencing and random forest algorithms to identify SNPs for fine-scale discrimination of Lepeophtheirus salmonis populations in the North-East Atlantic.